<div>&nbsp;</div><div><div><div><i>La Moustache</i>--now a film directed by Emmanuel Carrère</div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>"What would you say if I shaved off my mustache?" asks <i>The Mustache</i>'s hero of his wife. Once removed, his wife and friends not only fail to recognize him, but deny the existence of the former mustache altogether. A metaphysical nightmare of the grandest kind, <i>The Mustache</i> is a stunning blend of absurdist comedy and philosophical speculation.</div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In <i>Class Trip</i>, young Nicholas's vivid imagination gets the best of him when a boy disappears from a school excursion. What the youthful detective finds is even more terrifying than his wildest fantasties.<br><br>Brought together in one volume, the piercing early novels of Emmanuel Carrère constitute some of the most devastating psychological portraits in contemporary fiction.</div>